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.0;e,5..-1-Te heard him complain svvcral times meen two and three years ago, .(the servants ving fOrnierly been allowfed half-a-gni(tea a week board •wages, and three shillings and sixpence per day - tor. travelling expences.) His Royal Highness rased their board wages to fourteetrShillings a week, and took away the three shillings and sixpence for travelling expences, as the servants only went to Wiothor, where they had their victuals for nothing. When that arrangement took place, a paper was (ha n up by the Steward for all the servants to si, ;o -, expressive of Cher approbation of it. Sellis alone refused to sign it, as witness was informed b ) - the Steward. He, said he would be cl-d be fore he would sign it, and nobody but blackguards wr,ulkl sign it. He understOod that his' expressions w re anerwaorls reported to the Duke, and that, at lii; Royal Highness's request, the Steward informed Mtn; that if he did not sign it, he and his family must quit the house ; when Sellis agreed to sign it. Wi,ness knew of no recent misunderstanding be tween the deceased and the Duke, and he did not know that which be now related of his own know ledge. - . - Q. .Had you ever any dispute with him yourself? —A. I never gave him an angry word. CI Did he give you any angry word ?—A. He 'did not speak very civilly of rue, but I never gave him an angry word.' I never answered the bad lin glia!ge he used to me. Q. What did he s say to you ?—(This question was not pres3ed.) _ _ _ _ How did . the deceased generally condu& himself in the family ?—A. He was very malicious in his diwnsition, and never would be contradicted, net oven by, Duke himself. I was informed that he fought the Steward al Kew, and that he fought with one or two more servants. He was very reserved in conversat ion with he" wimes4. Q. Did you lately observe him to bein a low or desponding state ?—A. N0,.1 did not. He was late aqiic.ted with a' cold, and his Royal Highness per . - mitted him to ride in his carriage, in consequence of it. Q.. Do you think it was the deceased. who attack ed hi, Royal Highties? : —The truth - will coax out e!, ,no oubt of it... ", Juan. Answer !be question. . .iun is, that as I undressed Ilia Royal Highness, and my bed being next his room, Sellis 'meant to urdcr the Duke, thinking that - the blame should no toe., JURY. , S your opinion ? WITN Esc it,j+tred charaaer; and I have not the ,eait d.,uty of it. Mis. ANNE NEILL, wife of the last Witness, ex- arnmed, About three o'clock on Thursday morning, she heard a call of murder, and she • got up ; she met his Boyd Highnes; in his shirt, and covered with bloo arid ..er hu-band on the stairs, and was de, siredlo - call Sellis., She went to his room, but could not make him answer her ; she attetnieed-to open the door, 'hut it was locked; she put her ear to the door, and heard a goggling noise, like water falling; she lio. , ght it was in - a person's throat. She then -returned and told tife servants what she had heard, and that she Ihmign't he was deld. The Porter said, Good Uticl I" She did nut again go to his The deceased was very obstinate in his dis position, and would not bear to be contradicted by any one. Witness knew him twelve years. She hted in the family only five years, but she knew S~ fits befl'ire she came. He was not •in a despond ingl s ate, .so far as she could observe, but he was lately atllkted with a cold, of which he was mend g. The Duke, and seftral branches of the Royal F Hely, sheaved him great kindness. His. Royal Highness stood sponsor for one of his.children, and prevailed on Princess Augusta to stand Godmother for it by proxy. She heard the Queen made his wite a present of two pieces of Indian muslin for the child. Princess Elizabeth also made presents to the family, as 'witness was informed. There is a green dour which separates the Duke's rooms from the Queen's, and the witness's husband had the key Of it, but tlie Duke permitted Sellis to get a key made, to permit him to pass Oarough the Queen's - rooms into his own apartments without havingto go out to get home. On Court days the deceased's • , A ire and chil,:ren were alway in the gallery, and the Queen and Princesses took great-notice of them. De ceased appeared to be very fond of his family.— A , .otit three weeks ago the deceased told .the wit ness t hat he w 25 applying for a sinecure for his wife, as he was afraid the Duke would isot obtain one for ifllnself, as he suited him so well. He said the Duke had applied to Lord Dartmouth for the office of housekeeper to the Cock-pit, in the room of Mrs. Marsh, who had -died. Witness knew no acquaintance of Sellis, but a -Mr. Everet and a Mr. Dupree, a wax-chandler. She had no reason to ',oppose that the deceased was, jealous of his ile, but ba,l heard that his-wife was jealous of him. Site knew that tl e deceased had called her husband great many bad names within the last twelve nion.lA. Their dispute she, understooi had arisen consenuence , of the key which he had made to get through the Queen's rooms. lienj n Smith, - porter to the Duke of Cumber i:itat, said,' he was called up about three o'clock in lie morning of Thursday last, by a call of "-Alta !" and that lie received dire&ions to stop every lion) leaving the house; that he went to house to call 'him up, but his wife told him , ttiat he slept in the Duke's apartments. He then ~ .cieto his apartments these, and heard a guggling k , i.,e:within, but could not gain admittance, as the loor'Wa4 locked. He and some more of the ser- room, ;tots Wen went to the other door, which was upon b kir,. and thq concluded Selljs was - murdered, nojie. of them went in. SeHis' never slept in .• at room, unless the Duke was next clay going to Witness'observed the window.shtitters ,he Duke's rooms unfastened, which he thought iiraoge circumstance, as they were fastened every T i t Wkoess was in bed when he heard the tiArin of " Mtieder." On coming to the staircase saw the Duke' in Ibis shirt, and Mr. Neill saying i,is Royal 'Highness was murdered. -Witness was fra:d to , enter Sellis's room, thinking that the a-sins might tie there. He entered afterwards in c )mpany with the .soldiers, and found hiin in the ~;we posi . ion in which' he has remained. ever Wntiess, according- to dire6tions; afterwards went for Mr. Home, the SUrgeon, to dress the wounds of his Royal Highness. Heard deceased say, on Wedue,day night, Who's for Windsor to-mor row ?" and hearing. that, he was not surprised to find Sellis sleeping in the Duke's apartments. MATHEW HENRY ERASLEN, a German, who calls himself Yager to,his Royal Highness, said, he was., called up by Mrs. Neill, and hearing that murderers were in the House, he seized a pair ofspiStols, and went into the Duke's - apartment. kisaring that Sellis was murdered, he went in company with the - Porter, Mr. Neill, aild others, to the door of his room, which entered from the Duke's apartments, and found the door a-jar. He had a pair of piStols in his hand, but he was afraid to enter the rooms not knowing who might. be there. (This. exulted a laugh.) These were three of them at the door, but none of them would enter any more that him self. Witness was not in the room since,. so he could not say whether it was Sellis lay deed in it or not, as he did not look at hi n. Witness heard the decreased on Wednesday ask, ‘• Who'a, for Windsor to-morrow ?" Witness answered. " I am," - Sellis was a very civil, well behaved man—generally saw him once a day during the year and a half that witness was in the service. There was a terious quarrel between the deceased and Neill. He heard • the deceased call Neill, thief, and several other op.._ probrious names. They seldom spoke together, Witness did not see the Duke, but he, heaa'clhim complain of his pain, and call for water. (Theavit ness here retired, and the Jury expressed Much clis .approbatichi of his seemingly inditierent conduct:) JOSEPH CREIGHTON, a Serjeant in the Coldstream Guards, was on duty at St. James's Palace on Thurs day morning. About three o'clock he was called to the Doke of Cumberland's house, to which he went accompanied by another serjeant, and two or three soldiers. On entering the house he met two ser vants, who told him that the Duke of Cumberland had been wounded, and that Sellis was murdered. He then went along with the soldiers and servants to the dead man's room. None of the servants would enter in, but he and the other soldiers did. They found Sellis lying dead, with his throat cut, on the bed.—His stockings and pantaloons were on, but he had no coat, nor could he say positively whetherhe had a waistcoat on. On the floor b. tore_ the bed lay a white handled razor, and a while handkerchief cut in several places. On the opposite side of the room was a wash-hand bason with some. water in It, which looked as if some. person had been washing , blood in it. The curtains were sprinkled with blood as w-ellas several parts of the room—at that ti.ne it was broad day-light. Mr. WILLIAM JACKSON, a Surgeon, was then ex amined. He had viewed the body,' and he had no doubt but the deceased came to his death b.y the ' ,wound in his throat, which he had apparently in flictedepon himself. He observed no other wound upon him. • . JOSEPH STRICKLAND, Under Butler to his Royal Highness, saw the deceased in the dressing-room of his Royal .Highness the preceding evening, when witness entered to put the Duke's cop upon the fable. When he first entered the room he did not see him, and was surprised to find him there, as he knew it was not his night to wait. It was about ► eleven' o'clock. The deceased looked hard and laughed at him, but said nothing, which made him more surprised. He did not know whether it was a ghastly laughs but it was not in his usual manner. Witness was.almost, going to, ask whether he was goihg to Windsor, but he did not. It was not the witness's duty to enter the room when a page was there, nor would he have then entered it, if he knew that'Sellis - was there. He did not notice whether he had slippers on, but he was sure he had a coat. yVit ness was• not intimate with the deceased, but he always found him very civil. Mrs, S. FARLEY, house-maid to his Royal High ness, said she was sure she shut all the windows the preceding night, and fastened the bars; she also locked the doors, excepting that which led from Sellis's room to the Duke's apartments ; she put two .bolsters in the interior closet the preceding evening ; but there was not then the scabbard of aaword there, nor slippers. When. she looked in the closet in time morning, she found that the bolsters had been con siderably, altered from the state in which she left them. Sellis told her on Wednesday evening, in the presence of two other female servants, that he should go to 'Windsor next day, and that he should sleep in the Duke's apartment that night She had seen a lanthorn in his room several times like that which was fhund tin the closet, and she fre quently saw him have it in his hand , upon the stairs. She remarked in the morning, that, instead of finding the window shutters fastened, as she had left them, they were all open. She always un derstood that the deceased and his wife lived on very affectionate terms. , She`often heard him talk kindly of his wife and children. She saw Mrs. 1 Sellis only three or four times in her life, and those .1 were Court days, when she and the family came into the gallery. The Duke's sleeping room was now in the same situation in which it was when the attack was made upon him, only time sheets had been removed. When- his Royal Highness's wounds had been dressed, clean sheets were put upon the bed,' lest he should lie down again, but he ordered another small bed to be, prepared for him. JAMES BALL, servant to the Duke of Cumber s land, was alarmed in' his bed by the housekeeper when he got up, he asked what the matter was ? and was told that his Royal Highness had been mur dered. Mrs. Neill told him to call Sellis which he did, but found his door locked. The witness then returned, and said he could not get in, but the Porter told him to go round the other'way, which he did, . with the soldiers. He saw the deceased lying in his bed, but would not go in. HeasleSired them to say. if he was dead, and one of them said, " Aye, dead enough." Witness then said, if he is dead let every thing remain just as it is, which they did, and came away. Recollects the deceased guar - wiling with • Neill several tithes. The dispute -otigipated in Neill taking. a newspaper out of . Mr. Sellis's hand, Witness himself never had any dispute with the .deceased. Knows that the Duke had been' more kind to Sellis than toany other servant. Recollects Sellis refusing to sign a paper at the Duke's request, but that he did sign it afterwards, when the Duke. , threatened to discharge him. He has heard de- LONDON: Printed by RICHARD MARKIS, of No. 4, Martlett-court, Bow-street . ; and Pt At the SuNT.Omcg, No. 112, Strand, where Advertisements, Orders t ceased !my several things against IQeill. On one oc casion he heard hith Say,'" that he must speak to him in the way cal business, but that he never could be friendly with o man who had ; used tim 'so in."— Some years ago the deceased used to ride in the car riage with his RoYal,Highness, but - when the box was made, he was obliged to sit, on the box, of Which he complained very much : he said tt shook - him, and that he.ought to be alloWQd to ride inside, like the Prince of Wales's Page. He had likewise re newed that complaint lately, when be was not al lowed to sit inside. Sj . ereant THos DAV ENHALL corroborated the many of Serjeant Creighton, and said that a private, of the name of John Creevey,was the first who enter ed the deceased's room. •JOHN CREEYBY, a privwe in the Coldstream re girrient of Guards,,said, that the servant who c:rried the candle to spew them to the room, s.vaS in such agitation that he dropped. They. then en'ered, •and found_ him as Serjeant Creighton described. A servant of the' Duke of Sussex deposed, that the deceased often told him, that if he could get_ another place he would leaVe the Duke of Cumbtr land, as . he allowed him but little wages, and Neill was allowed all the perquisites, although he could swear that he rObed his master. He said also, „ that lie was Used very ill; and if Neill was away, hi s situa tion would be much better. This conversation took place about a year.and a halfago. :Sellis was a very sober man, and of few words. - - Another servant deposed, that the..deceased told him he was going to leave about four months ago ; but the witness-said, " Good God ! you must mind your family." • A copy of a letter was read, which was address ed to his Royal Highness by the deceased. It was dated in isoB, and ,accused Neill of robbing his Royal Highness. Another letter, was found, the content of which was, that the deceased felt very much hurt that he was not permitted to ride in the carriage; is the Prince of Wales permitted. his page to ride in his carriage. JAMES PAULET said he was a native of Germany, and one of the Duke's valets. Mrs. Neill first alarmed him at a little before three o'cloCk, by knockingat his door;. and saying the Duke was mur dered. He immediately jumped out of bed, and re piied. to the Dake's room, where he found Neill supporting his 'Royal Highness,—The Duke ex claimed, " 1 am murdered ! and-the murderer is in the room." Mr. Neil wanted to leave the Duke to search for the assassin, but his Royal Highness would nut permit any of his servants to leave him, but wished that Sells might be informed of his situation, in order that he might come to his assistance. The -Duke was soon informed that Sellis was murdered, or had killed himself. the Duke then immediately desired that some of the servants might attend hiin and procure surgical assistance. At this time there were three lights in the room, and the Duke, from the loss of blood, began to get very weak, and lay down on the bed. Neill then proceeded to search the room, but could find nothing except the sword, which lay in the door-wan he then, with the other valet, proceeded into the other closet andinspeelecit he different inner closets, in one of which he found two bolsters, the scabbard of the sword, which had been found in the bed-rooin, a dark lant horn, a pair of old slippers, with Sellis's name written on the in side of them, and a pint bottle of water. The witness said that Sellis had frequently cautioned him to place no confidence in Neill, - that he was a bad man, lie also said that Sellis was very obstinate, and. never would give up a single point of his opinion, however Wrong, not even to the bake himself. He farther said, that he Was a‘ very reserved man. He had lived five years in the family with the deceased; and during that time had observed, that he never -was on friend ly terms with Neill. FERDINAND Buzzio, an Italian, deposed, that-he had known Sellis for 'l4 or 15 years, and that he was a steady man, but very reserved; that he called on him about - five months ago, and asked him to look out for a situation for him, as he was deter.- mined to leave the- Duke; upon which he remon strated with him, and hoped he would consider his fatnilf, if he did not himself. Since that time the deceased never mentioned any thing .more On that subject to the witness. Mrs. HANNAH SEtus,the widow of the de ceased, was next called in. She was extremely agitated ; and though it was' probably the intention of the Coroner and the Jury to have examined her minutely, they were satisfied with her acknoWiedg ing the deposition which she had made before the Magistrate. The deposition' was read over to her, and she stated that it was the evidence she had be fore given. It was to the following effed : " That the deceased had . passed nearly the whole of Wed , nesday in her company; that he went, to the market, and af.elnrds walked with her in the Park, when he said he should sleep that night in the Duke's apart- meals ; she verily believed he had shoes and.gaiters on at that time; and not slippers. He had a severe cold lately, but this week he was more cheertal than he had been for some time before. He bad remarked to her not long since, that death was a debt all sooner or later Must pay, but she did not think that he then bad. any particular intention in his mind. She , never heard him ci,mplain of the - treatment which he received from his Royal High— ness, but, on the contrary, was highly gratified by the kindness he and other branches of the Royal Fatpily sheaved him, particularly the preent of mus lin which witness received from .the Queep, and . Princess Augusta standing godmother.to his child. He was not embarrassed in his circumstances, for she did not knOw of any debt he owed, but one - to the apothecary. Since the - birth of their last child, about eight months ago, he never spent an evening out, but always with his family, when not employed with thp Duke. He belonged to no club or society. During his illness he was sometimes giddy, but never took the - medicines that were prescribed him by the 'suigeon,. saying that re gular living ,was the best medicine. He .some times talkea of leaving the Duke's service, on account of his disputes with Neill; but she remonstrated with him on his imprudence in enter taining such a wish, when they had a good house, and plenty of coals and candle besides allowed to them. • This subjet was not mentioned within the last two years. After supper, on Wednesday, he mixed. a 'tank Stock, 261 I t Navy q per Cent. tooi lot Irish 5 per Cent. 4 per l'ent. 84 85i 3 per. Cent. Red. 69 . 3 per.:.'ent. Cons. 70 * A Bank L. Ann. )8.7-16Ins .bushed by WI 1.1.1 A M ARMIGEI Sc R I VPS, Squth•Moiton-strefl, CroFvenor Equare. )t the Paper, Letters for the Editor, Sic. (postluid), must be addressed: glass of branand water, wh:cli• he made her drink, a . &. sh was troubled with svasms in this . - stomach. He partook of a Tittle of it, shook handsi and wished her agood . night, and silo tieA:er saw hit° more cheerful. He took some ._cleap linen away with him, and said he would bring home the dirty "Metro') the : following morning. She said he was a tender father and an affeaitinate husband:l - Mr..JONES, a Surgeon, said, he had known hico since 1803, and he always thought him of .sang mind, but he had no particular acquaintance him. • Here the evidence closed. The JurT con tintlea. in deliberation nearly an hour acid a half, anci about tWtive O'clock, returned a verdict 'of RP de se. When -the Jury viewed t he premises, every thing had iiwnained exadly in the same sate in .whicl i they were on Thursday morning, excepting th e sheets, which the, housekeeper, in' her evidence , said had been changed. The bedding of his ROT Highness i . nd the floor were partialiy cmered Witik blood, and the wainscot and several pidures in 66 room were sprinkled with it: The shirt aiA nigh cap which his Royal Highness wore, wet e cut iII se veral places, and presented a most horrid spectacle. The bandeau he had round his head, although stuff' ed with - cotton, .A quarter "of an inch thick, O a double hilded, was complefely cut •throuAh. Coroner told the Jury that his Royal Highness s•o' every blow was preceded by.something resemblig, a flash of lightning, which he supposed must hav e been occasioned by the reflection of the light of thl lamp in the chimney upon 'the sabre. five different rooms to pa‘s through from 10 Duke's bed-rooth to his own, and his riace• we t° distin:tly marked by the bloOd left by his left :irt n ,, upon the sides of the narrow doors, and when hi coat was examined, the left sleeve as found to b. ° covered with blood.—lt would appear, that as som d ,. as he reached his own room, he resolv e d t o dispatell himself. He had taken a case of razors out of , a ,drawer which stood before his bed, and apparentrf with his face towards the drawer, attempted Lo cu his throat through his handkerchief; but it appear!,. from the blood on the handlcerchief, that he ma de but a small incision. The first wound seerai have thrown the blood upon the drawers, and ra the wash-hand bason which lay beside them. I " . ' then took his hapdkerchief otf, and completed purpose - in a most shocking manner, and thrL 4 , himself upon his back in the bed, where he was al, most immediately found. Something like a motive of reVenge in SELLIS pears from some circumstances. that came out pf : terday. It seems he had been accustomed to 0-er ; cise a kind of paramount authority over the otlre domestics, in which he had been generally suppo ry ed by his Royal Master, but :a-dispute had aris e ; between him and NEILL, three days before assassination, and an appeal was'made upon it to Duke, who decided for the first time against SELL is i To this cause, therefore, May naturally to impu te ° the horrid determination in the wretch's destioy, by the same act, hiS tellow-iervant o i t his Royal Master, making it appear, that o Duke had fallen by the hand of his faithful - lIC NEIL L.-- , SELLIi supped in company with ,Cook of the Union Club-House the,night before atrocious attempt • was made, and parted tvith 1 ;', 0 and his own_ wife in good silrits, about O i l y; o'clock, to go and sleep in,the Duk e 's apartment' the Palace. . , 'tl A few nights since, the shop of Wr. Wilsbovir, i f North -street, City Road, was entered and robbe d° . finished and unfinjshed clothes, to a great arnoti° t r j, at the same time the leaden pipes. were strtpped try the premises. , 7 On' Thursday afternoon a boat going , t hrooo London Bridge, with four persons in her, W upset , j l3l , which a young man named Walker,' was drove the others were picked up by a wherry c‘otnifig I Y g at the time: the body of the young man is not ) 4 found. Tickets and Shares are selling in great variell - .11, both of BISECS Old Established Offices, 4, Ckitli'lre and g, Charing-cross, where Twelve Capitals W e d , skared in the last Lottery, and Eight in the pre ce o f ing, including Three Prizes of 20,0001. Toi° 5,0001. Ten of 1,0001. and Five of 5001. 'rile tery will begin and finish on Friday, the Stb of June. 4tIIP OR AVZSEND, MAI Arrived—the Batchelor, Baker,' Diu - mond. IMa r 'irci°. Anna, Ward, from Gibraltar ; Fortuna. M'Carie , Itai Messina; lohn, Conyers, and Minerva, 'Mille; trr,in yla and the Penelope,' W right, • from Martinique. ,ous , Sailed -the -Friends, Baker, for Malta ; and the ``' Hillman, for New-York. HIRT BS. On'Sunday last,, in Somers et- vreet, the Lady of weir, Esq. of a Son. • - On Thursday last, in Bolton-row, the. Hon. lady* bold, Lady of Sir William Rui‘ibold, Bart. of a I):4,igli'io!dr esternav, at Hampstead, the. Lady of Robert N l ' l—. "Esq..ot a Son. rn., , it44/{R , PD. . NV , On the 13th ult. at St. Andrew's Ch u r c h, Hoibo William Bolton, to Mary, eldest &mow of Mr. W il ' ol Robin's, Fleet-street. - . 0 101 1 : On the ft4th ult—at Lewisham, john, son of 'IV' , ot Allen, Esq. of C:ilford's•inn,,to Mary,eldest daught t ? 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